'A junior govt employee gets suspended but...': Modi's first reaction to bill sacking arrested PM, CM and ministers
Patna/Gaya/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday made his first reaction to the controversial bill "to remove PM, CMs and central or state ministers arrested for 30 days" after the proposal was presented to Parliament battling stiff resistance from the Opposition earlier this week.
Modi implied the bill will bring equality between government employees, who get suspended on detention, and the PM or a CM or minister who keep enjoying the privilege even after arrest.
The Prime Minister said at a rally in poll bound Bihar, "Today, the law states that if a junior government employee is detained for 50 hours, they are automatically suspended. However, if it’s a Chief Minister, a Minister, or a Prime Minister, they can continue to enjoy the perks of power even while in jail."
"We have recently seen how files were being signed from jail, and government orders were being issued from jail itself. If this remains the attitude of leaders, how can the fight against corruption be fought?"
On corruption issues, the Prime Minister ripped apart the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Congress, flagging their differences from the "stain-free" Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) that runs the Centre.
"In all these years, not a single stain of corruption has tainted our government, whereas the Congress governments, which were in power for 60–65 years after independence, have a long list of corruption cases.
"The corruption of RJD is known to every child in Bihar. I firmly believe that if the fight against corruption is to be taken to its conclusion, no one should be exempt from action," he said in Gaya.
#WATCH | PM Narendra Modi says, "... If a government employee is imprisoned for 50 hours, then he loses his job automatically, be it a driver, a clerk or a peon. But a CM, a Minister, or even a PM can enjoy staying in the government even from jail... Some time ago, we saw how… pic.twitter.com/1iY1hXr3Xp
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A massive chaos broke out in the Lok Sabha after Union Home Minister Amit Shah tabled the bill on Wednesday.
The opposition parliamentarians raised slogans, tore the bill's copies and threw in front of the Home Minister opposing the government.
What is the bill about?
The bill will ensure the removal of elected representatives arrested or detained on serious criminal charges from office on Wednesday.
The proposed law will cover the Prime Minister, Union ministers, Chief Ministers, and ministers of Union Territories.
Besides this, two other bills- the Government of Union Territories (Amendment) Bill 2025, the Constitution (One Hundred And Thirtieth Amendment) Bill 2025, and the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill 2025- could be moved to a parliamentary committee.
